September 11 Digital Archive

Professor Gillespie Describes How the Towers Fell [Interview]

Title

Professor Gillespie Describes How the Towers Fell [Interview]

Description

Author and professor Angus Kress Gillespie describes how the heat of the explosion melted the steel structure of the towers, causing them to fall.

Sonic memorial comments

'great description of how TT fell, architecturally.transcript'

Sonic memorial contact

Kitchen Sisters, DATs. We have unlimited release.

Sonic memorial creation date

2001-12-11

Sonic memorial duration

00:02:20

Sonic memorial is browsable

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Sonic memorial keyword

Construction
Architecture
9/11

Sonic memorial name

Gillespie protools

Sonic memorial permission

web

Sonic memorial source ref name

SMS800.3.aiff

Sonic memorial source type

interview

Sonic memorial status

active

Source

digitally recorded

Media Type

audio

Citation

“Professor Gillespie Describes How the Towers Fell [Interview],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/95801/.